Why you should read the Kakegurui manga.

Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe from the COVID-19 and having a great day. Kakegurui, it was one of the first anime that I watched like it has to be in the first 20 and I absolutely loved the story and the intense gambles and I definetly wanted more of that and that’s why I picked up the manga. SPOILERS FOR MOST OF SEASON 1 AND A LITTLE OF SEASON 2 OF THE ANIME AHEAD.

The story is all the same up until the game with the rotating tower between Yumeko and Sayaka, it all ends the same way but after that game, Yumeko doesn’t challenge Kirari, neither does she play a game against her, instead the election arc immediately begins. That’s one of the major differences here but let’s talk about season 2, season 2 had the final gamble with Rei Batsubami but in the manga Rei doesn’t even exist, Rei is a character who is solely anime only and that changes everything that happens after Yumemite’s battle against Sumika. The stakes get higher and it all moves towards the election battle. The story is much more intense, less chaotic and to the point in the manga and it will build up to a conclusion and that’s worth a read.

Now this reason is very obvious, there’s more gambles to be had, as the story progresses new gambles take place and they are on a much, much more larger scale than the ones that we’ve seen and all the gambling, mind games and craziness in itself is seriously good to read. Even though I miss the intense music and the voice acting as well as the red eyes from the anime, things just don’t feel the same without them and yet they are still good.

Now remember how Mary teamed up with the Vice President Ririka Momobami and then we never got to see where that led to ? Well that’s not the case in the manga, their team up plays a very vital role in the election battle and the story which is currently at 88.5 chapters is definitely making full use of that partnership. I liked how they focused more on the other characters as well instead of just keeping Yumeko as the centre of attention.

There are some very emotional scenes that the characters share and even though you won’t get much feeling out of it because you haven’t had much time to connect with these characters these scenes are still good. Now SPOILERS FOR THE MANGA AHEAD. SKIP OVER TO THE NEXT PARAGRAPH IF YOU DON’T WANT THEM. Yumeko and Mary at one point share a gamble of Rock, paper, scissors, the very first game that they played when Yumeko arrived at the academy first and that scene is everything, it’s nostalgic, it sees Mary and Yumeko duke it out and also shows how well they read each other while also not understanding each other.

END OF SPOILERS. In the main theme of Kakegurui remains the same, gambling always, always leads people to their downfall and we see that countless times in this series as people’s lives are turned into hell because they gambled and lost it. The addiction of gambling also is shown through Yumeko and it’s a very bad thing I agree. The series still manages to keep its battles intense and the story interesting while giving us this lesson.

At the end, the manga just has much much more value with the extra story and the cut content both with the gambles and the relationship between the characters. If you want to finish the story or just want more Kakegurui you should definitely read the manga and for those who are just a little bit interested, I would suggest going through it a bit and see if the future gambles excite you.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this.  Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about and some manga recommendations. Stay safe from the COVID-19. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.